Dokumentale 2025 interview: Vivian Schröder, Impact Director
Vivian Schröder, Impact Director and co-founder of Dokumentale (Berlin), talks to BDE about the event’s second edition, running June 12 to 22. “We are celebrating humanity,” she says of her festival ethos. “We come together in a space as humans and we listen to each other and sometimes we need to become uncomfortable in uncomfortable conversations. These are the times that demand it, and we want to have a space for multiple perspectives and dialogue.”
BDE interview: re:publica 25 debate: Truth Under Fire, May 27
Ahead of the second edition of Dokumentale (Berlin, 12-22 June), Artistic Director Anna Ramskogler-Witt will host a debate titled ‘Truth Under Fire: Documentary Filmmaking Between Risk, Ethics, and Innovation’ at the Berlin-based re.publica 25 audiovisual festival. The three panellists attending on May 27 are directors Franz Böhm, Havana Marking and Friedrich Moser. Ramskogler-Witt previews the event with Business Doc Europe.
Second Dokumentale pas de deux with Berlin Ballet Company
The second Dokumentale will kick off in style June 11 with Glanz & Widerstand (Glamour & Resistance) - an immersive foray into the life of Marlene Dietrich, presented in association with the Berlin Ballet Company. Dedicated to documentary storytelling across different media, Dokumentale 2025 will present 40 documentary films, ten of which will be competing for the Grand Prize, from 12-22 June.
